december weather

December weather is not agreeing with me. It's not cold enough to be pleasant but my sinuses have definitely sensed the decrease in temperature.

Every morning I wake up sneezing. The buzz given by the antihistamine/decongestant I have to take everyday is not the warm and fuzzy kind. I wake up every morning with a feeling that I'm never fully awake.

Today after all the excitement of meeting friends over the weekend I had the makings of an asthma attack. I had used up all of the 200 actuations from my inhaler and was forced to take the only asthma medication I had on hand - a 2 mg Salbutamol tablet. I haven't taken oral medications for my asthma in a while. I'm sure it made me breathe easier, but I truly hate the side effects. Of course, I'm sure the morning coffee I had with the Salbutamol added to the palpitations and tremors I felt afterwards. I just wasn't expecting it to be that bad.

The last time I remember having systemic effects from my asthma medications was when I was in grade school. I remember having to change meds often because I was having tremors and they were a mighty nuisance during piano practice. I switched to the inhaler as soon as I could figure out how to use them.

I feel so lame having an asthma attack in December, having to stay in the whole night while every one else is out doing Christmas shopping. Not that I have moolah for Christmas shopping. It's still a bummer.

I'm no Scrooge, but Christmas was just never my thing.


Reading: A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens (seriously!)
Listening to: You're No Rock and Roll Fun by Sleater-Kinney